Zombie Locke comes across an unconscious Ben (The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham) - 2 votes

Next week's poll is going to be something somewhat similar in that we're going to pick the best scene of Season 5, but I'm going to need some help choosing the selections. There's certainly a lot to choose from and I really want to pick the best of the best. Also, the above scenes are all open for inclusion. My short list:

I tried to pick scenes that affected me emotionally and ones that ran the gamut from seriousness to wonder, humor to revulsion. I hated the multiple love triangles this season, but the scene with Sawyer, Juliet and Kate in the sub was (IMHO) one of the season's best simply because it made me feel so awful for Juliet afterwards. In contrast, Kate's tearful goodbye with Aaron (that perhaps some of you liked better) really had no effect on me.

So anything I missed? Any favorite scene I should include? I'll keep this bumped for a couple days then post the poll. :)

5 comments:

I voted for "welcome back to the land of the living," because I cracked up watching that. I just imagined Locke sitting there for hours waiting for Ben to awaken, and spending that time deciding on which witty remark to make.

re: best scene, I would love to see you include the conversation Jack and Locke have in LDJB. It's the only time they speak in the entire season, and it's fantastic. Matthew Fox's acting was superb (he's DEAD! I PUT HIM IN THE COFFIN!) and the fact that he finally said what he really thought about Locke - sad, pathetic, lonely - and the angry/hurt look on Locke's face really made it for me.

And again, I don't know if I would vote this one as the best, but I would also consider the confrontation between Sun and Ben on the pier when he sways her with Jin's wedding band.

If you get down to a "best line", I would have to include Jack's retort to Kate; "No, you didn't like teh old me". Not a boig fan on the love triangle, and the entire scene I don't think would be in contention for great, but that one moment- awesome.

I tried to refrain from mentioning wet, nearly shirtless Sayid emerging from the water under the temple, but who am I kidding? Figured you may have overlooked this, but I know I have Em's vote for best scene ever!